Olympia Regional Learning Acdemy Fall 2010 Art Classes

Here are my fall 2010 class offereings @ ORLA
Olympia Regional Learning Academy  360) 596-7730
Home school classes @ the old Rogers Elementary School

"A Timeline of Art" - time travel and create as one of the earliest artists – students begin as artists making the cave paintings of Lascaux. Each week we progress up the art time line portraying Greek, Byzantine, Middle Ages and more styles while helping to broaden the understanding of historically significant artwork.



Projects include:


portraits in charcoal, prehistoric cave animal style paintings [watercolor], rock animals [acrylic], Greek pottery design [sharpies], Byzantine style mosaic [paper], Celtic-style “stone” carving [plaster board], resist painting [watercolor], Middle Ages dragon design [embossed metal], Renaissance style drawing [pencil], Art Noveau floral design [colored pencils], Gustave Klimt design [collage and scratch paper].



Week 1 – portraits & animal paintings


Charcoal, gummy easers, stumps, oil pastels, WC paper/ or brown craft paper


Week 2 – rock animals


Acrylic paint, brushes, water dishes, rocks


Week 3 – Greek pottery design


Sharpies, orange paper, newsprint


Week 4 - Byzantine mosaic


Colored paper cut into squares, glue, newsprint to plan, poster board


Week 5 – Celtic style stone carving


Plaster board… something to carve into with linoleum cutters


Week 6 – Celtic style resist painting


Watercolors, watercolor paper, white wax crayons


Week 7 – Middle Ages – dragon


Foam core, embossing metal, embossing tools, newsprint, tape


Week 8 – Renaissance style drawing


Pencils, drawing paper, erasers


Week 9 – Art Noveau – floral designs


Colored pencils, fine point sharpies, paper, newsprint paper for sketch


Week 10 – Gustave Klimt design


Scratch paper, newsprint, scratch paper tools, glue and magazines






Unique Collaborations: bring your imagination to this series of two dimensional drawing and painting projects using art materials in unusual ways.


Projects include: self-portrait face card design [markers], patterned ink drawing [sharpies], watercolors of fall leaves, French "tole painting" [acrylic], "Hard Edge" abstraction [poster paint], tessellation design [colored pencils], monochromatic painting [watercolor], relief painting [acrylic], paper casting/embossing, painting" with colorful paper pulp, glue batik [watercolor]






Week 1 – Design Face card


Drawing paper 11X18, markers, light box, newsprint, pencils


Week 2 – patterned ink drawings


Paper, pencil, colored sharpies


Week 3 – fall leaves watercolor


Watercolors, watercolor paper, wax crayons


Week 4 – French “tole painting”


Acrylics, brushes, canvass paper, water dishes


Week 5 – “hard Edge” abstraction


Poster paint, poster board, brushes, pencils, newsprint, water dishes


Week 6 – tessellation design


Colored pencils, pencils, drawing paper, newsprint


Week 7 – monochromatic painting


Watercolors, watercolor paper, pencils, brushes, newsprint and water dishes


Week 8 – relief painting


Acrylic, mat board, brushes, pencil, newsprint, water dishes


Week 9 – paper casting/embossing


Various paper pulp, blender, paper casting screens, spoons, paper vats


Week 10 – glue batik


Glue, acrylic paint, brushes, fabric, water containers, newsprint, pencils, markers